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Family Circle and Partnership for a Healthier America Kick Off 2012 Childhood Obesity Roundtable Series in Atlanta on March 28

The panel, moderated by Family Circle Editor in Chief Linda Fears, includes representatives from PHA, CBS Atlanta, the Georgia Food Industry Association and DeKalb County

WHAT:

The Partnership for a Healthier America, which works with honorary chair First Lady Michelle Obama and the private sector to end the childhood obesity epidemic within a generation, and Family Circle magazine, which is dedicated to offering moms of tweens and teens practical advice and delicious weeknight meal ideas, are hosting a series of roundtable discussions about the childhood obesity crisis.

The first discussion will focus on access to healthy, affordable food, and takes place in Atlanta, GA. The roundtable will bring together some of the nation’s leading experts, including DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis; Kathy Kuzava, president of the Georgia Food Industry Association; PHA board chair Dr. James R. Gavin, III, MD, PhD, to discuss best practices and innovative solutions; and CBS Atlanta news anchor, Stephany Fisher, who will join the panel in conjunction with the station’s Fit Kids, Fit Families campaign dedicated to increasing awareness about the serious effects of childhood obesity in Georgia.

WHY:

A third of children in the U.S. are overweight or obese. Georgia has the 2nd highest childhood obesity rate in the U.S. with 40 percent of children in Georgia being either obese or overweight. By 2030, half of all Americans will be obese. In the last decade, Americans have spent roughly half of their families’ total food budgets and consumed nearly a third of all calories away from home. To ensure our children are starting their lives with healthy habits, we must increase access to affordable, healthy foods.

WHO:

Linda Fears, Family Circle, Editor in Chief

Burrell Ellis, CEO, DeKalb County

Stephany Fisher, Anchor, CBS Atlanta

Dr. James R. Gavin, III, MD, PhD, PHA board chair

Kathy Kuzava, President, Georgia Food Industry Association

WHEN & WHERE

10:30 a.m. to noon

March 28, 2012

Emory University

Miller Ward Alumni House

Governors Hall

815 Houston Mill Road

Atlanta, GA 30329

MORE INFO:

This event is free and open to the public.

Reporters interested in attending should RSVP to news@ahealthieramerica.org or Blair.decembrele@meredith.com

About Partnership for a Healthier America

The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) is devoted to working with the private sector to ensure the health of our nation’s youth by solving the childhood obesity crisis. In 2010, PHA was created in conjunction with – but independent from – First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! effort. PHA is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that is led by some of the nation’s most respected health and childhood obesity experts. PHA brings together public, private and nonprofit leaders to broker meaningful commitments and develop strategies to end childhood obesity. Most important, PHA ensures that commitments made are commitments kept by working with unbiased, third parties to monitor and publicly report on the progress our partners are making. For more information about PHA, please visit www.aHealthierAmerica.org and follow PHA on Twitter @PHAnews.

About Family Circle

Published 12 times a year by Meredith Corporation, with a circulation rate base of 4 million and an audience of over 19 million readers, Family Circle is one of the most widely read monthly magazines in the world. Family Circle provides smart relevant advice, sensible solutions, and inspiration in a voice that encourages and celebrates success in its pages and online at www.familycircle.com. Family Circle has always been committed to women’s issues and in 1973 became the first women’s magazine to fully underwrite a professional women’s sporting event, the Family Circle Cup, an annual women’s tennis tournament held in April in Charleston, S.C., at Family Circle Magazine Stadium. For more information about Family Circle, please visit FamilyCircle.com and follow Family Circle on Twitter @FamilyCircle.

About CBS Atlanta

CBS ATLANTA is owned and operated by Meredith Corporation (www.meredith.com), one of the nation’s leading media and marketing companies with core competencies in magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing and interactive media. Meredith owns 12 television stations that reach nearly 10 percent of television households across the country. Meredith’s Broadcasting assets include: WGCL-TV (CBS), Atlanta; KPHO-TV (CBS), Phoenix, AZ; KPTV (FOX) and KPDX-TV (MYN), Portland, OR; WFSB-TV (CBS), Hartford-New Haven, CT; WSMV-TV (NBC), Nashville, TN; KCTV (CBS) and KSMO (MYN), Kansas City, MO; WHNS-TV (FOX), Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC-Asheville, NC; WNEM-TV (CBS), Flint-Saginaw, MI; KVVU-TV (FOX), Las Vegas, NV; WSHM, (CBS) Springfield, MA; and radio station WNEM-AM in Saginaw-Bay City, MI.